Remote Boot of a Diskless Linux Client for Operating System Integrity

Abstract

These instructions describe how to build a diskless client with dedicated user store on the server. The diskless Linux client is organized to provide read-write files over NFS at home, read-only files over NFS for accessing bulky immutable utilities, and sone volatile RAM disk files to allow the Linux Kernel to boot. This approach is exceptional because 1) the client system is diskless; system administration is managed at a single server, and 2) it is more secure; the only data that can be modified is user data under the home directory. Although these instructions describe setup between a Linux client and a Linux server, the Linux client can boot from any server with BOOTP, TFTP and NFS services installed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA423694

Entities

People

  • Bruce Allen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Panels
  • Debugging
  • Directories
  • Ethernet
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Instructions
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Serial Ports
  • Technical Information Centers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.